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Black rat

Animal common names
Black rat
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Rattus rattus
Serovar
Pyrogenes
Serogroup
Pyrogenes
Species
L. interrogans
Presumptive species
L. interrogans


Country names
Egypt
Other location data
Mahalla
Year
2006-2007


Specimen type
Kidney
Detection method
Culture
Determining method
Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE)


Number of animals with id isolates
2
Animal health
Diseased, Healthy/Asymptomatic

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Citation

Felt SA, Wasfy MO, El-Tras WF, Samir A, Rahaman BA, Boshra M, Parker TM, Hatem ME, El-Bassiouny AA, Murray CK, Pimentel G, 2011. Cross-species surveillance of Leptospira in domestic and peri-domestic animals in Mahalla City, Gharbeya Governorate, Egypt. Am J Trop Med Hyg 84: 420-5.